Between the BLs (Biggest Loser) Summer Challenge 2010 Part 1

[tea pot]

Good Friday Morning everyone!
and as I read all of the ideas, suggestions, and supportive comments from this group that day, I knew I wanted to try again. So thanks to all of you. I know you don't know me, but know that what you say here has really helped get me in the right mindset for my journey! I have only taken baby steps so far, and I know it is a long way to where I want to be, but I will get to my goal.
Have a happy Friday!
Dahly

Dahly Thanks so much for putting into words what I've been feeling.

Finding the right mindset has been my major goal for this challenge.

I've been in Maine these past two week with no scale
but it has turned out to be a good thing. I 've been focusing on my daily health habits Walking, drinking enough Water, and food plan and not the #s so we'll see how works out next Friday

 

[tiki23]

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

I took all "my" teens (you know; mine + the extra ones that are part of the family) to see Toy Story 3 last night at midnight. Ommigosh...we laughed (a lot!), we cried, we "Awwww'ed" and we laughed some more. Just an excellent, excellent movie and a perfect ending to the trilogy.

I was so happy to see it with my kids - they grew up watching TS1 and TS2 -and it was really special to share TS3 with my young adults.

Lost a little over a pound this week. I'm on track with my goal but dang, this is hard work!

<-- push ups

<-- jumping jacks

<-- Zumba!

<-- My trainer....Stephanie!

 

[keenercam]

QOTD1-Friday ~

What is for dinner tonight?



We are doing subs since we will be on our way to the movies. YAY! Can't wait to see TS3!!
QOTD2-Friday ~

Name one thing you miss about being a kid.

Not much. Truly. Ugly, unhappy childhood. Actually, I have a happy memory of my favorite Uncle taking me to Lake George for a week right around my 13th birthday with his two daughters (my cousins). It was the first time I'd ever been away from home or on any kind of vacation. It was wonderful!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[jennz]

I apologize in advance because I am going to have to vent- my 85 yr old Grandpa went to the hospital last night...vomiting/diarrea/fever/dangerously low blood pressure and was admitted. they home he can go home today but is checking his blood for bacterial infection first.

Now I just fund out that my 1 month old niece coughed up blood and is at the ER! I am just so worried and upset right now. I hope they are OK. it is soooo hard for me to focus on anything else!

Oh no!! Keep us posted!

I finally made it back into the 140's. I weighed in this morning with a loss of 1.6 lbs which puts me at 149.8.

Awesome!!! Can 't wait to join you there.

QUOTD 1: Ronzoni Smart Choice macaroni cooked with a big bag of Schwan's vegetables and then tossed with a sauce made with FF cottage cheese and LF cream cheese.

That sounds tasty - how much of each do you use?

Hi Coach Anne!

QOTD for dinner: leftover night - pulled beef, chicken, ravioli, rice, broccoli...

QOTD...the feeling of being free, no major worries, stresses or commitments


Well I'm in with a small loss this week, 1/2 pound but I'll take it. It's been a strange emotional week and I'm glad it's over!

Last night I worked a concert for dd's cheer - Tim McGraw. Hot and long and loud! But I had a fantastic burn for the day. Tomorrow night DH and I are working DMB - that should be interesting. I'm looking forward to another huge calorie burn too.

 

[flipflopmom]

I really enjoyed being your coach for the week! Please believe me when I say I wrote out responses to many of you and just had to copy and paste them into the reply box. I have read through all the posts and want to say a few things:

Thanks for coaching!!!!!

Happy Birthday, acename!

from me, too!

I was shocked when I got on the scale this am!! I am down 5 lbs. I did do a lot of sweating yesterday, between mowing and walking on the beach, so I hope it doesn't come back as soon as I drink water!!Today is our anniversary 27 years.

Congrats on both counts!!!!

Joanne and MushyMushy -- Happy Anniversary to both of you!!!

Taryn -- Have fun in Disney!! I can't wait to hear all about your trip!! Say "hi" to Mickey for me, okay?

I'll even throw in an extra hug! And Happy Anniversary to Joanne and MushyMushy from me, too!

Reading your ramble reminded me of how my DD-3 talks. I actually giggled out loud when I was reading it.

I've everytime I've read it today. I'm not sure if I should yell "Squirrel" or "P. Sherman Wallaby Ln" or "cut her off!!!"

Good morning. Well, nothing exciting to report. My weight stayed the same. It's my own fault too since I ate like crap last weekend. I did really well all week though so I would have thought I would be down at least a little but NOTHING!!

Better than a gain!

To all of the losers - Congrats! I am happy to say I am in that group this week. I am down 2 lbs, (total of 3 for the challenge)

I miss having summers off -- being able to get up when I wanted (my mom was a SAHM, and we weren't on a schedule), reading books all day (this was before kids had summer reading assignments), and just hanging out. My dad worked 2nd shift, so summers were the time I got to see him during week days. I have many happy family memories of just hanging out in the backyard pool, watching planes fly overhead, and not having a care in the world.

I miss when Summer's lasted forever and Summer Nights. Back in the days of No AC and everyone sat out on their front steps on a hot night and you needed to be home when the street lights came on. The grownups talked, mom made ice tea, and we played cards and board games.
I miss the bright sunny days after a really big snow storm and you spent all day outside building snow forts and having snowball wars and sledding till you had no dry mittens left and ending the day with hot cocoa

I miss not having a care in the world!!

Great answers! I do have summer vacations, though this one is busy. I think the innocence, basic trust in goodness, not worrying about money, or food, or the economy, or health, etc.. I miss crawling in my Daddy's lap, chasing fireflies with him, eating watermelon and making homemade ice cream on the front porch with him, following him around the garden, picking grapes with him, going for rides on his tractor and truck with him, him spraying me with a waterhose, helping him wash the cars, pestering him while he read the newspaper until he put it down and gave me his attention.

That my friends, is what it's all about!

I finally made it back into the 140's. I weighed in this morning with a loss of 1.6 lbs which puts me at 149.8.

I apologize in advance because I am going to have to vent- my 85 yr old Grandpa went to the hospital last night...vomiting/diarrea/fever/dangerously low blood pressure and was admitted. they home he can go home today but is checking his blood for bacterial infection first.

Now I just fund out that my 1 month old niece coughed up blood and is at the ER! I am just so worried and upset right now. I hope they are OK. it is soooo hard for me to focus on anything else!

Saying prayers for both of them!


Would everyone PLEASE stop talking about gaining weight on vacation!!!!!!

Ok. I feel better now. Hair is done, won't see my girls again until we are in the car, headed for the World. Sad, but DH can sleep tomorrow while I am in class if they aren't home. We'll get them at Mom's on our way out of town.

IF we get to go. Which might not happen if I don't get OFF Dis and get busy!

 

[jennz]

TARYN GET OFF THE COMPUTER!!

 

[flipflopmom]

TARYN GET OFF THE COMPUTER!!

 

[jennz]

Have a great trip girl!! Are you going to Universal? I was reading Aaron (ADP)'s trip report the unplugged board - it is CRAZY there today!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

QOTD1-Friday ~

What is for dinner tonight?

Probubly a salad and some chicken on the grill. I love summer but my allergies don't share the same feeling, so probubly whatever DH feels like fixing is what we have for dinner.
QOTD2-Friday ~

Name one thing you miss about being a kid.
This is a touch and go subject right now as my mom and I are fueding about it's time for me to grow up and at mature. I have a very bubbly personality and always look to the positive side of things. I think life is too short to be pesimistic. So I guess i would say I miss being able to see the good in everything and it being ok, and of course my metabolism lol

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I was shocked when I got on the scale this am!! I am down 5 lbs. I did do a lot of sweating yesterday, between mowing and walking on the beach, so I hope it doesn't come back as soon as I drink water!!

Today is our anniversary 27 years. My romantic husband wants to go to Five Guys burgers & fries!!! There is nothing low cal on that menu!!! It's brand new to our area so I won't argue with him!!

Happy Anniversary and Congrats on the 5lb weight loss. You Rock We recently got a 5 guys here to and I gotta admit those burgers are good.

Happy Anniversary!

It's our 16th today too. We have no plans tonight, but will go somewhere tomorrow to celebrate.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, 16 YEARS IS AMAZING!

I am in full on Disney trip mode. I am so excited and giddy I have no idea how I will manage to hang on until Wednesday! Guess I will start with some housecleaning and laundry today. Tomorrow we are going to Star Wars in Concert so that will be a fun distraction.

Oh Lisa I am so jealous wish I was going with ya. The days will go fast and it will be here before you know it. Have fun tonight at the concert. Sounds fun

OOPS!! Forgot to share happy news. Down 2.5 this week. YAY!!!

Yay Good job

Good morning. Well, nothing exciting to report. My weight stayed the same. It's my own fault too since I ate like crap last weekend. I did really well all week though so I would have thought I would be down at least a little but NOTHING!!

I see a light at the end of the tunnel though. Softball is over, baseball will be over by tomorrow (my son's team is in the playoffs and has a good shot at winning the championship game tomorrow). School will be out too! There will be so much LESS running around and meals eaten at home for a change! I'm looking forward to a good next week hoping to see a few lbs disappear!!

Although I am a bit worried about myself when we go camping on 6/28 for five days. I will have to be VERY careful!!

Way to look at the bright side. Hopefully now that your schedule has settled down you can focus more on your meals. It is difficult when you have so much to do at night. I am also worried about going on vacation. We leave 7/3 for 9 days. We are staying in a cabin in TN. Hopefully I can control myself. I am trying to already make a plan in my mind now. Good luck, Im sure you will do fine.

Hello!

I'm Ann and I am going to be your coach this week!

I'm 42 years old (I accidentally typed 102 years old... ouch)... I am married (second marriage) and have 4 kids.... DS-just turned 22 on Wednesday, DD-13, DS-5 and DD-3. I have two cats and just became a mommy to a Dachshund/Beagle mix named Lord Stanley. DS-22 lives in downtown Chicago and I have a step-DD who is 11 is who coming here on Saturday to spend a month with us.

I was a thin person my entire life until I got pregnant with my DS-5. Between DS-5 and DD-3, I had 4 miscarriages and with each miscarriage I ate the pain away. Each pregnancy I gained and gained. By the time my DD-3 was born, I was up 70 pounds. I also gained 10 pounds while I was nursing DD-3 (go figure... I nurse and gain weight... a normal woman nurses and loses weight ). I've lost 50 of those 80 annoying pounds (I need to change my clippie!). Oh, and I came in second place in the last Biggest Loser challenge.

Each day I will be asking two questions... the first question will be... "What's for dinner tonight?" I am hoping this will be helpful for others in the challenge. There are many times when I am just menu drained.

The second question will be a fun question... something to take your mind off of your day for just a few minutes.

Thanks ann for being our coach and I love your ideas for the questions.

I apologize in advance because I am going to have to vent- my 85 yr old Grandpa went to the hospital last night...vomiting/diarrea/fever/dangerously low blood pressure and was admitted. they home he can go home today but is checking his blood for bacterial infection first.

Now I just fund out that my 1 month old niece coughed up blood and is at the ER! I am just so worried and upset right now. I hope they are OK. it is soooo hard for me to focus on anything else!

Sorry to hear about whats going on. I hope everything turns out ok, I will say some prayers.

Dinner: Grilled Chicken fresh green Beans and Salad

I miss when Summer's lasted forever and Summer Nights. Back in the days of No AC and everyone sat out on their front steps on a hot night and you needed to be home when the street lights came on. The grownups talked, mom made ice tea, and we played cards and board games.
I miss the bright sunny days after a really big snow storm and you spent all day outside building snow forts and having snowball wars and sledding till you had no dry mittens left and ending the day with hot cocoa

Wow I could not have said it any better myself. Either we grew up in the same area or just have alot in common because this is exactly what I was thinking.

I finally made it back into the 140's. I weighed in this morning with a loss of 1.6 lbs which puts me at 149.8.

Great job, I bet thats an amazing feeling. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

I took all "my" teens (you know; mine + the extra ones that are part of the family) to see Toy Story 3 last night at midnight. Ommigosh...we laughed (a lot!), we cried, we "Awwww'ed" and we laughed some more. Just an excellent, excellent movie and a perfect ending to the trilogy.

I was so happy to see it with my kids - they grew up watching TS1 and TS2 -and it was really special to share TS3 with my young adults.

Lost a little over a pound this week. I'm on track with my goal but dang, this is hard work!

<-- push ups

<-- jumping jacks

<-- Zumba!

<-- My trainer....Stephanie!

Im so glad to hear the movie is good I cant wait to take my boys to see it. Glad you got to share it with your kids. Great job on the loss and hard work you have been doing.

Last night I worked a concert for dd's cheer - Tim McGraw. Hot and long and loud! But I had a fantastic burn for the day. Tomorrow night DH and I are working DMB - that should be interesting. I'm looking forward to another huge calorie burn too.

I love Tim McGraw! I have not seen his concert in a few years but the last one was at our local fairgrounds and I got 3rd row seats. I kept waving to him like a crazy teenager and finally he waved back during one of his songs and I almost fainted My friend and I laughed hysterically everytime we think of it. She said he was probably like "I will just wave at her so she stops cause she looks ridiculous" It was one of the greatest moments of my life. Well next to getting married and my kids being born.

QOTD-1 For dinner I am having a subway salad since we will be on the run.

QOTD-2 Just having no worries! Summers off, Snow days off, mom doing your laundry, mom grocery shopping and making dinner, and no bills!!!!!

I am really enjoying my day off. My boys and I went shopping for fathers day gifts. Then I took them to MC'Ds for lunch and to play in the playland. Well my older son (5 1/2) picked up a girl. I am not kidding, they played together for about 30min then she went to her mom and came over with her phone number on a napkin. She said "bye ryan, call me" I almost died laughing. I hope this isnt a sign of what the future will bring. I dont know if I can deal with my son being a ladies man..... Now the kids are resting and we are then going to a small school carnival. They have give aways and games and a moon bounce. My dh has a softball game tonight so we will go cheer him on. Its hot and sunny out and is really just turning out to be a nice day!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

So proud of myself because I came home, changed, and did a slow 4M on the TM! I had all the fans cranked, and I had to slow alot because it is so hot, but I did it! I just know that will pay off tomorrow on the scale!

Oh! And please add my wishes for Tiki23 and acename!

Ok, off to shower and have a hummus and veggie snack (no lunch today, I ran instead), and head out for my late afternoon commitments!

Maria

 

[bellaphia]

no loss this week I know it's better than a gain but this is where I always get stuck!! can't get past this spot it's sooo frustrating...will try and move more something has to budge

 

[flipflopmom]

swimsuits, girls' clothes, my clothes, shoes, toiletries, disney box, are packed! Class stuff is DONE!!!!!!!!!! Electronics charged and ready. Class in 45 minutes. I am going to do so GREAT on my final exam tomorrow, knowing that as soon as I am done I can leave for WDW! Making my list of everything I need to do when I get home tonight. I'll be back after class with another deep thoughts by Taryn rambling!

 

[LuvBaloo]

I hate this cold that wants to hang around, one day of feeling a little better followed by feeling worse again. Ended up using a vacation day to stay home with sick child yesterday. Poor thing was spewing from both ends on Wed night, and is still just laying on the couch, but today its DH's turn to deal with here. He was lucky enough to be out of town and miss the worst of it.

I did my weigh in this morning and had a small gain but I am okay with it, and will be back to a loss next week.

Happy belated birthday to Tiki23, Worfiedoodles and Pjlla!

Happy birthday to acename!

Happy anniversary to Joannel & MushyMushy!

Thanks for coaching last week CC!

Thanks for coaching this week Ann!

Here is tomorrow's QOTD:

In last week's episode of Losing It with Jillian, Jillian mentioned that exercise can be fun and family time. How do you get in exercise that meets either or both?

As a family we like to go kayaking and do geocaching but haven't been able to get out and do that lately. Sometimes we go to the pool as a family. I promised the girls we'd go next week, so hopefully everybody will be heathly and we'll be able to do it.

I've completely fallen off the wagon this week. Last week, I decided to try to wean myself off of sleeping pills (don't believe anyone who says Ambien is "non habit forming"! it's as addictive as anything else). My sleep is so messed up and I just want to do nothing, I have no motivation, and no ambition.

Have any of you gone through something like this? It's almost not worth it! Anyway, I'm still here, still want to do weigh ins, but it's going to be difficult for a little while until I get myself straightened out.

Hang in there! Take it one step at a time, and if you miss weigh ins, just add them back in when you can!

I tried running this morning because my ankle was feeling better so now I'm elevating/icing it....I just really want the sprain to heal its really frustrating becuase once again I maintained my weight because I can't excersize. I seriously just want to give up

Don't give up! Like others have said, is there something different you can do for exercise like upper body only, or go in a pool.

QOTD1-Friday ~

What is for dinner tonight?

QOTD2-Friday ~

Name one thing you miss about being a kid.

Dinner is undecided. I'm currently feeling like subway, but I'm not sure what DH has in mind since he's at home all day.

Biggest thing I miss about being a kid is real true free time. Now there is never time with NOTHING to do. There's times that I do nothing, but there's always something that needs to be done that I could be doing.

I apologize in advance because I am going to have to vent- my 85 yr old Grandpa went to the hospital last night...vomiting/diarrea/fever/dangerously low blood pressure and was admitted. they home he can go home today but is checking his blood for bacterial infection first.

Now I just fund out that my 1 month old niece coughed up blood and is at the ER! I am just so worried and upset right now. I hope they are OK. it is soooo hard for me to focus on anything else!

Hope everybody is okay!

 

[Ltl Mermaid]

Thanks to all for the kind wishes! My niece is alright, it turns out that my sister in law needs to cut out dairy as she is breastfeeding and the dairy she eats is irritating the baby's stomach. It doesn't make sense to me but I am glad she is OK!!

Still no news on my Grandpa, they are keeping him in the hospital for observation until his fever goes away and he is feeling better. Thanks again for all of your caring messages!

 

[brinalyn530]

I've seen a couple of people mention geocaching... how do you guys get started with this? I looked it up a while ago, but I wasn't sure if it was something I could do with my GPS that I use in the car (Garmin nuvi) or if there was something special I needed to buy just for this ? I don't have an iphone, yet, but I do have an itouch would that work? Probably not without an internet connection, right? It sounds like something that might be fun to do with DS and I know there's a couple close by our house that we could walk/hike to, but I just don't know where to start... Any advice?

TIA!

Bree

 

[LuvBaloo]

Ltl Mermaid - glad you're niece is okay.

Bree,
I suggest going to the website www.geocaching.com. There's a good section on getting started at geocaching.
You can join it for free, put in your zip code and get a list of caches that's nearby your place.
As long as your GPS is a handheld, you should be able to enter the locations in it.
I strongly recommend to read the descriptions of the caches so you have an idea of the size you are looking for. Some are "micro-caches" and are harder to find and only contain a piece of paper. With kids, the best ones are the ones that have items in them for trade. My kids love seeing what's inside and picking something to keep, and leaving something behind.

Have fun with it!

 

[cclovesdis]

I've seen a couple of people mention geocaching... how do you guys get started with this? I looked it up a while ago, but I wasn't sure if it was something I could do with my GPS that I use in the car (Garmin nuvi) or if there was something special I needed to buy just for this ? I don't have an iphone, yet, but I do have an itouch would that work? Probably not without an internet connection, right? It sounds like something that might be fun to do with DS and I know there's a couple close by our house that we could walk/hike to, but I just don't know where to start... Any advice?

TIA!

Bree

I was just reading about jeocaching, but honestly, I still don't understand it. I hope someone responds because I'd love to know too!



Happy Anniversary Joannel and MushyMushy! Happy Birthday acename!

Thank you to all who gave me such warm compliments about coaching last week.

Ann, thanks for coaching!

Taryn-Have a great, great trip! Good luck on your final tomorrow!

Well, it was a pretty bad day. I ate a lot and while I wouldn't call it a binge, I ate way more than I should have eaten. I am not planning to eat anymore for the night and tomorrow, I will start fresh. My goal is to drink at least 8 glasses of water and to get lots of exercise. I need to start wearing my pedometer again. It is so motivating to see the number rise throughout the day.

I have to vent, though. I am wearing a not so flattering outfit and my mom commented about how bad I look. I don't care if what I wear to bed is flattering or not. I'm not planning to go to the club tonight or even to the grocery store. I'm in my pajamas already. My mom is usually so supportive. I think the best thing to do is just let it go.

I am going to weigh myself tomorrow and then PM Shannon. I'll also have to reset my points minimum for the day because I know I went back over 150. I really need to make it a priority to journal my food/points and to balance my 35 extra points out throughout the week. I do so much better when I do that. I only journaled 2x last week. I know that's better than zero, but far short of my goal of five times.

Question for all of you: Does anyone have a Wii game other than Wii Fit/Fit Plus and EA Sports Active (not sure what exactly it's called) that really gets you burning calories? I've read mixed reviews about Walk it Out. Any other options? TIA!

Have a great night!

 

[tigger813]

WOW! I've been off all day and I just had to read 4 pages to catch up!

Had a very nice relaxing day at a friend's house. The kids swam for about 5 hours almost nonstop! We had hot dogs, hamburgers and chips and dip. We also had Tastefully Simple Frozen Watermelon Margarita! OMG! SO good! DH, friend and I drank the whole tub! Then she made us Dragonberry Rum with Lemonade! ALso SOOO Good! I'm not hungry for supper so I may be ok tonight. Having a big glass of water now. I did walk about 6 miles this morning so that's good! Never actually swam today just sat and chatted!

Watching the Red Sox game now. Gotta take my dad shopping for my mom's birthday on Sunday. She wants a new pedometer. Also getting Toy Story 3 game for DH for Father's Day. My dad is getting a pedicure from me.

Happy to say I am down .6 for the week. Almost forgot to send my PM to LuvBaloo. I'll do that next. Probably go to bed early!

Need some Pixie dust for DD1s DSi! She dropped it in the pool right before we came home. It fell out of the bag it was in which the bottom had gotten wet. It is in a container of rice hopefully drying out! I don't know why she had brought it with her. This was her Christmas present. It was in a "Nerf" protective case that I'm hoping protected it somewhat. It was only in the water about 5 seconds so we're hoping it will be ok.

Have a great night and weekend!

Happy Birthday acename!!!!!

 

[lovedvc]

Need some Pixie dust for DD1s DSi! She dropped it in the pool right before we came home. It fell out of the bag it was in which the bottom had gotten wet. It is in a container of rice hopefully drying out! I don't know why she had brought it with her. This was her Christmas present. It was in a "Nerf" protective case that I'm hoping protected it somewhat. It was only in the water about 5 seconds so we're hoping it will be ok.

My son dropped his cellphone in the toilet a few months ago. It was a lot longer than 5 seconds that it was underwater. Heaven forbid he stick his hands in the water, he had to come and get me. We left the phone in rice on the windowsill for 2 days and it works absolutely fine. Make sure you open it up so the rice can soak up everything. Good Luck.